Jane G. Email & Phone Number

I am an innovative Director of IT who has spent the last 15+ years leveraging the capability to strategically organizing and analytically approaching complex projects to drive on-time and high-quality results in any condition. Furthermore, optimizing manufacturing processes and technical infrastructures by creating and deploying standardization of equipment and procedures and replicates these across the enterprise.I contribute to comprehensive business planning regarding information technology and systems required to maintain company operations, competitiveness, and increasing productivity. In addition, I establish, deploy, and resolve long-term needs for information systems, planning strategies for implementing developing procedures.I pride myself on being a trusted advisor, acting as a top-level contact to assist end-users in determining IT requirements, solutions, and deployment. I monitor staff related to IT functions, assign and review projects, and manage complex department budgets to ensure goals are met; but exceeded. I am passionate about helping people and educating anyone I can on how to utilize technology to their benefit. There is a space for everyone…you just need to find it!I enjoy hands-on IT work while collaborating with cross-functional teams to keep projects moving forward. Additionally, I am in my element when providing technical leadership to identify and develop critical strategies, programs, and projects to build technical capability, increase system reliability, and deliver the highest value business benefit to my company.

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  Director Of Information Technology

  Klosterman Baking Company

  1988 - Present - Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

  I create and monitor annual project budgets. I oversee Project Engineering and other stakeholder groups to identify, develop, and rollout key technical strategies and programs that bring competitive advantage and value. I monitor internal and external teams to interpret and translate regulations into programs, policies, or objectives. I create standardization of equipment and procedures and replicates these across the enterprise. I spearhead customer initiatives in EDI, Data mining, and order placement. • Pioneered intercompany costing by assigning every SKU a value and deploying each code to transfer between entities until ultimately landing cost at the customer• Championed a significant capacity increase by building a 120K sqft bakery with three additional lines, expanding IT network to include the new facility; oversaw all peripherals installed, collaborated with the customer to ensure smooth processes, and performed post-merger training to maintain proper inventory levels and receipts tracking• Enhanced Network Security by implementing a Level 7 firewall and engaging with a threat monitoring company to ensure rapid detection and response to mitigate risk• Identified an employee training and testing service to ensure the first line of defense remained sharp by utilizing a Multi-Factor Authentication tool for server connections to add a layer of network protection• Championed a "Customer Service Strategy Pillar" project by utilizing DSD equipment for immediate invoicing, providing timely data to customers for usage, price and volume; employed a robust phone system that allows efficient call routing and created dashboards to measure success based on quality and service complaints• Provided a boost to current employee morale while presenting an enhanced image for recruits by spearheading a comprehensive office update in 2018, overseeing full project scope from design choices through completion